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College/Young Adult Ministry
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| Small group fellowship at someone's house |
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| Lots of contemporary music |
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| No music |
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| Prayer time (requests & praises) |
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| Devotional Time |
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| Fellowship meal |
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| Outreach events |
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| Concerts |
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| Other, please specify |
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| None. We don't need a young adult ministry. |
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(last vote on : 12/8/2008 5:27:16 PM)
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College/Young Adult Ministry - 11/9/2008 7:23:56 PM
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daughter_of_faith
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We're beginning a young adult ministry at our church. At this point, we're extending our invitation to college students and any other young adults (18-35) who may be interested in attending.
What would you like to see from a young adult ministry?
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RE: College/Young Adult Ministry - 11/9/2008 8:46:53 PM
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ta_mosquito
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When I was in our college/career group (we called it CnC), we met in someone's house, we met on Friday nights and had a meal (usually potluck style), then had our "program." The program entailed some worship (maybe 3-5 songs) with one or two guitars leading, a devotional time, and sometimes we'd divide up into smaller groups for prayer requests and individual prayer. Other times we'd pray as a big group. We had about 30 or so (a lot for one house, but it was great).
I voted small group fellowship at one's house, prayer time, devotional time, fellowship meal. I did not vote one way or the other on music because neither one fit (lots vs. none).
Hope this helps!
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RE: College/Young Adult Ministry - 11/10/2008 7:25:36 AM
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daughter_of_faith
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Thanks, Tricia! Now we just need some more young adults to come vote 
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RE: College/Young Adult Ministry - 12/8/2008 5:23:26 PM
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NESS55
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teaching is always a good thing i feel like for many people who have never been to bible school need to get that kinda training at church and i think the best way would be for an outreach directed to young adults like this one that you are starting mainly b/c thats realy were the heartbeat of the church is and if you lose the young adult your church is going to miss out and thats not a good thing
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RE: College/Young Adult Ministry - 12/8/2008 5:30:00 PM
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GregandJenny
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i am all for small group. I think the purpose of the YA ministry has to be to build relationships based on the foundation Christ. Then, those relationships need to go beyond that time.. Some people may hang out in different groups, for instance some may go to the movies, shop, go to various sporting events or even hang out, to develop relationships.
hope that helps!
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RE: College/Young Adult Ministry - 12/9/2008 8:38:11 PM
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writerchick
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We have both a Young Adult and Higher Learning Ministry at our church. They're centered around a weekly Tuesday Night Bible Study where we praise and fellowship before our Young Adult pastor or co teacher get up to preach.
In addition to TNBS we have many other events throughout the year. Quarterly, we have Koinonia and Koffee/Komedy. This is an event where we get together for a night of fellowship and spoken word or Christian comedy.
Every February, we host an Agape Affair which our celebration of Valentine's Day. At the end of the year, we get together for our Jesus Celebration which is our final Bible Study of the year.
In between all of this, we have many facets of ministry for people to get involved in. I Am My Sister's/Brother's Keeper are groups for women to fellowship with women and men to fellowship with men. The fellowship can range from a day at a Spa to grabbing a bite at Denny's after Bible Study.
Other events that we do or have done in the past include:
a Super Bowl Party (which is back on for 2009 since the NFL lifted the restrictions)
a Cruise to Ensenada
a Ski Trip
Unity Week (skating night, bowling night, Bible Study with our Bishop etc.)
Gospel Bash (a revival that ends with a city-wide Midnight Musical on Memorial Day weekend)
Venice Beach Evangelism
Outreach at a Juvenile Detention Center
Lakers/Clippers Game
Outreach at a Children's Hospital
Beach Party/Bon Fire
Mail care packages to college students during exams
Scholarship program
Car Wash to raise funds for college students to buy books
New Generation Sunday (The Children, Youth, Young Adults take over the Sunday Services)
Reading the Bible in a Year for 2009
In our Bible Studies themselves, we've had a Financial Series and a Relationship Series where we studied each topic in depth. In both of those cases, the topics carried over into one of our two Sunday Classes for further discussion.
We also do a Super Tuesday where we just come expecting a move from God.
Our D.R.A.M.A. Ministry (Delivering Righteous Anointed Ministry Through Arts) performs Biblical skits every fourth Tuesday.
The third Tuesday is Fellowship Tuesday where the Fellowship Committee leads the class through fun games designed to help people get to know one another in class. This is really important since we average 150 people each Tuesday.
First Tuesday is Brothers on the Frontline when the men of our ministry take over and lead the service.
Feel free to take any of these ideas and adapt them for use in your new ministry. If you'd like any more details, please contact me.
Don't be discouraged if you can only get small numbers interested at first. Ours actually started with about 8 people per week about 10 years ago. One of the biggest challenges is keeping people involved so they come back.
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RE: College/Young Adult Ministry - 12/15/2008 11:15:40 PM
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daughter_of_faith
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We had 4 show up at our first meeting. That's rather encouraging to us!!!
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RE: College/Young Adult Ministry - 12/16/2008 10:20:11 AM
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writerchick
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quote:
ORIGINAL: daughter_of_faith
We had 4 show up at our first meeting. That's rather encouraging to us!!!
Yay! That's a great start. Congrats!! Just keep it moving.
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